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“Dweller in yon dungeon dark, Hangman of creation, mark! Who in widow weeds appears, Laden with unhonoured years, Noosing with care a bursting purse, Baited with many a deadly curse?”
Provenance
- Source:
- Ode on Mrs. Oswald.
- Type:
- Book
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- c664c339a0b3939bb5c587ddadce66eefc5c5ea939b4418ee5353ee4557700ed
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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